Dates to Remember

Week 8 (Next week)

Tuesday 2nd December
6pm Carol service @ Holy Trinity Cathedral

As our girls are participating they will need to be at the cathedral earlier at 5.30. We look forward to welcoming you to this special family time together. A notice will be sent home shortly with further details.

Wednesday 3rd December

Reports and Learning Journals

On Wednesday 3rd December your daughter will be bringing home her final report and Learning Journal for the year. As you discuss your daughter’s learning with her we strongly encourage you to help her to articulate the goals she needs to focus on in 2015. These can be recorded on the Parent Response Sheet and will be passed on to next year’s teacher. Learning Journals must be returned to school in the final week of term.

Thursday 4th December

Parent helper thank you morning tea 

You are invited to morning tea on Thursday 4th December at 10.30am in the Junior School Hall. This is our way of saying thank you to all of you for the many ways you have helped us and supported your daughter throughout this year. We are always overwhelmed with the offers of help and support we receive and this is a small way we can acknowledge your generosity. For catering purposes please RSVP to lgmeiner@diocesan.school.nz

House lunches/ ice blocks for sale $2

Friday 5th December

Commendation Assembly

On Friday 5th December we are holding our commendation assemblies in the Junior School Hall. These are special assemblies where all the girls are acknowledged for their effort and achievement in a specific curriculum area over the year. You are all very welcome to attend at the following time.

Y0-2 8.30am

Week 9

Monday 8th December

New Class 2015

On Monday 8th December the girls will spend time in their new classroom for 2015 so they can connect with the girls they will be with and meet their new teacher. That afternoon you will be receive notification of your daughter’s 2015 teacher and room number.

Return Learning Journals for 2015 teacher

Tuesday 9th December

Junior School Prize Giving

On Tuesday 9th December at 9am in the Dawn Jones Sports Centre you are warmly invited to the Junior School Prize giving Ceremony. Following Junior Prize Giving we will have morning tea together back at the Junior School. Girls will be dismissed at the conclusion of morning tea and are welcome to leave with their parents.

A Great Big THANK YOU

Christmas Hamper - Anglican Trust for Women and Children

The Giving Focus for Term 4 is to donate a Christmas Hamper to support the families from the Anglican Trust for Women and Children who otherwise would not receive many gifts on Christmas Day. 
A big thank you to all the 1FR families who have been very generous this year. We gave two beautifully wrapped hampers full of exciting gifts and we know that these families will now have a happy time when they unwrap our thoughtful gifts. Many thanks to Rebecca for organising and wrapping our fabulous hampers.

Amongst all of us you may be able to spot 4 hampers from 1FR and 1BU. We loved carrying and wheeling up our hampers to Rev Moss's office. It was lovely to have the experience of 'giving' at Christmas time.

1FR/1BU Christmas Drinks

A big thank you to all of you who came and enjoyed our Year 1 Christmas drinks (and magnificent feast!) it was fantastic to catch up with you in an informal setting. Thank you so much to Rebecca and Peter for offering your wonderful home and hospitality. Many thanks for all the fabulous food and BBQ skills! I would particularly like to thank everyone for my beautiful flowers and generous pressy card. It is very much appreciated! Thanks also to Victoria Coleman 1BU for co hosting.

Junior School Athletics Day

Our Junior School Athletics Day

We had so much fun last Friday at our Athletics Day!

A 'HUGE' welcome to Lauren Taylor who came all the way from England to join in on our Athletic Day! She enjoyed it so much she has decided to stay in 1FR! She will be moving on to Year 2 next year with our girls.

How we Express Ourselves

Diwali

How we Express Ourselves  

Central Idea: People recognise important events through celebrations and traditions.

This term we are looking at celebrations and have been inquiring about Spring, Diwali and Weddings. Here are some of our photos from our Diwali day.

Thank you so much for the fabulous news items the girls are presenting. We saw some gorgeous wedding photos last week! This week it is anything fireworks - there are several different festivals and celebrations that use fireworks as part of their festivities.

Sharing our Planet

Sharing our Planet

Living things have needs in order to grow and stay healthy

At the end of term 3 where we were inquiring into the needs of living things under the ocean we made our own dioramas. We had to choose a fish and find out what needs it has to be healthy and grow. Have a look at our great work!

This display is in the Year 1 Whanau Area